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Holiday Camp SandsChildren playing in the sand at a British holiday camp. Date: early 1960s
Camping Beans
Ford Car & Caravan
Douglas, Isle of ManThe wide expanse of Harris and Central Promenade, Douglas, Isle of Man, showing the horse drawn tram still in use. Date: early 1950s
Italy / StresaThe lovely view from the terrace of the Regina Palace Hotel, overlooking Lake Maggiore, Stresa, Italy. Date: 1930s
Apres ski fashion 1953Suggested outfits for apres ski socialising. On the left is a grey and yellow checked wool taffeta blouse by Jaeger worn with their huge, button-through circular felt skirt
Workers Reply to General Sir Douglas Haig, WW1Workers Reply to General Sir Douglas Haig -- the wording of a Resolution passed at the Trade Union Conference at Caxton Hall on 18 July 1916
Royal holiday including Prince PhilipA royal group on holiday at the seaside at Mamaia on the shores of the Black Sea. From left, Princess Theodora of Greece, Prince Michael of Romania
Prince of Wales playing golf at BiarritzThe Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor), dressed in an outfit of plus fours and beret which his father would most certainly not have approved of
Churchill on holiday at Dieppe, 1911Winston Churchill(1874 -1965), then the Home Secretary, snapped on his holidays at Dieppe in France. Churchill emerges from the sea
Crowded beach at New Brighton, MerseysideA crowded beach at New Brighton, Wallasey, Merseyside, with the Tower Ballroom and a childrens fairground ride in the background. circa 1940s
Butlins Ballroom, Earls Court Exhibition, LondonScene inside Earls Court exhibition halls showing the Butlins Ballroom festooned with flags. Part of the Health and Holidays exhibition held there in 1947. 1947
A Modern Christmas in the AlpsGreeting a bobsleigh party as they speed past a group of skiiers in the Alps. Date: 1913
Keep Fit Classes on holidayGirls exercising under the guidance of a fully trained instructor at the French coastal resort of Trouville, France, where a well-equipped gymnasium has been built on the beach by the local
A Frieze in Tempera-Ture by Jay GeeA wonderfully vivid and jolly frieze like illustration (hence the pun-like title) featuring a group of mae and female skiers and winter sports enthusiasts dressed in bright clothes
Summer holiday fashions from Simpson of Piccadilly, 1953Advertisement for mens beachwear from Simpson of Piccadilly, showing four men wearing outfits that range from the faintly ridiculous to the outrageously camp. Date: 1953
Noton luggage advertisement, 1953Advertisement for Noton fine, luxury luggage, showing an elegant group at a train station. Date: 1953
London parks as substitutes for the seaside: Bishops ParkSchool children on holiday at the lake in Bishops Park in Fulham, London. Date: 1923
Queen Elizabeth II in ScotlandQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip enjoy a summer holiday at Balmoral, on this occasion they walk up the jetty at Applecross to visit the home of Major and Mrs John Wills
Collapsible CaravanTwo men and a woman trying out the facilities of a folding caravan. Date: early 1930s
50 Weeks and 14 DaysFifty weeks hard labour... Fourteen days swank ! Date: 1920s
Broadstairs Seaside ViewAn elevated view of the beach at Broadstairs in Kent, crowded with holidaymakers, deckchairs and bathing huts. Date: 1940s
Advert for Ostende, 1930Advert for Ostende, Belgium (The Royal Palace Hotel), 1930 Date: 1930
For the Modern Sun Worshipper by Gordon ConwayA suggestion for a beach pyjama suit worn with a camisole top and a wide brimmed sun hat
Boy looking through a window on a rainy dayA bored little boy peers through a window pane on a rainy day
Victorian schoolboy ready for the holidaysA Victorian schoolboy, smoking a small cigar, sits on a pile of suitcases on the platform of a railway station, ready for the long school holidays
This Week is My Week by Muriel DawsonA little girl in red dungarees and a huge green sun hat plays happily on the beach while on holiday at the seaside
Sunny Boy by Muriel DawsonA jolly little boy in a bathing suit having fun on the beach
Off We Go by Muriel DawsonA little girl, laden with toys, bucket and spade heads off excitedly to the beach
Castles in the Sand by Muriel DawsonLovely illustration featuring a little girl in a striped swimsuit and a big red straw sunhat, drying off her doll on the beach, presumably after a dip in the sea
Who Cares ? by Muriel DawsonA little boy in a smart red coat and trousers with wellington boots or galoshes splashes carelessly through the shallows on a beach and asks, " Who Cares
Why Take a Holiday in England by William CaineAn illustration instructing the reader about holidaying abroad. It displays a number of buildings which rather blight the countryside with their enormous advertising signs
Air Travel with CooksCover illustration for Air Travel with Cooks, for the 1939 Summer Season, showing an aeroplane and a globe
Summer Holidays in the British Isles with Thomas CookCover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles with Cooks World Travel Service, showing a little girl in a swimsuit with a bucket and spade, playing in a rock pool on the beach
Holidays in Italy, Thomas Cook and Dean & DawsonCover illustration for Holidays in Italy, with Thomas Cook & Son and Dean & Dawson Ltd, showing a wine bottle, and a dish of spaghetti with a hand twirling some of the spaghetti around a fork
Summer Holidays in Scandinavia, with Cook sCover illustration for Summer Holidays in Scandinavia, with Cooks World Travel Service. An aerial view of a wooden chalet near a fjord on which a cruise ship is sailing
The Beautiful Italian Lakes, with Thomas CookCover illustration for The Beautiful Italian Lakes, Programme of Inclusive Tours, providing travel, hotels, excursions and omnibus, travelling independently
Summer Holidays in Switzerland with CooksCover illustration for Summer Holidays in Switzerland with Cooks World Travel Service. In a brightly coloured alpine scene a man in traditional costume blows an alpenhorn on a grass-covered
Holidays in Spain and Portugal with Thomas CookCover illustration for Holidays in Spain and Portugal, the Balearic Isles, Andorra, Madeira, Malta, Gibraltar and Cyprus, with Thomas Cook & Son Ltd and Dean & Dawson Ltd
Royal Blue Inclusive HolidaysCover illustration for Royal Blue Inclusive Holidays with Cooks and Dean & Dawson, in conjunction with Royal Blue Services
Summer Holidays Abroad with CooksCover illustration for Summer Holidays Abroad with Cooks, showing an alpine spa scene with mountains, a swimming pool, and a young woman in Austrian traditional dress
An ideal walking holiday in Kent, with CooksCover illustration for an ideal walking holiday in Kent, a quite different holiday, walking and weaving, with Cooks, showing a young couple walking arm in arm, with the Stair House Hotel
Holidays Abroad by Air, with Thomas Cook & SonCover illustration for Holidays Abroad by Air, with Thomas Cook & Son, and Dean & Dawson. A smartly dressed couple are at an airport -- the woman is carrying a circular luggage case
Winter Sunshine, Cooks World Travel ServiceCover illustration for Winter Sunshine, Cooks World Travel Service 1949-1950, showing a woman in swimwear sitting on a terrace overlooking the sea
Skiing on a Shoestring with Thomas CookA poster or handbill advertising Skiing on a Shoestring, new low-cost holidays through Thomas Cook. Ski boots, ski poles and skis are arranged in a cartoon-style image
Holidays in Switzerland, with Cooks and Dean & DawsonCover illustration for Holidays in Switzerland, with Cooks and Dean & Dawson, showing an Alpine scene with a young girl in a field of flowers beside a Swiss chalet
Winter Sports, Cooks World Travel ServiceCover illustration for Winter Sports, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing an aerial view of three skiers in Alpine ski wear skiing down a snowy mountain
Holidays in Scandinavia, Iceland and FinlandCover illustration for Holidays in Scandinavia, Iceland and Finland, with Cooks and Dean & Dawson. A female deer herder stands on a grassy hillside with two deer
